Computers in Decision Making
Posted on10 Jun 2013
Tagschess, Allègre Hadida, Matthias Seifert, Go, Deep Blue, Garry Kasparov, uncertainty, poker, information technology, information, Harvard Business Review, decisions, decision-making process, computers, certainty
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Chess is a relatively easy decision-making task for computers. Thus, historically, the defeat of Garry Kasparov by Deep Blue was inconsequential when... Read More
Top Seven Sun Tzu Quotes: #5 Speed in Decision Making
Posted on27 May 2013
Tagsdecision-making process, decisions, organization, planning, rationale, speed, Sun Tzu, The Art of War, Sun Tzu Top 7 Quotes Series, Water Flow Analogy
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At number five in my list of top seven Sun Tzu quotes from The Art of War, I have: Speed is the... Read More
Why Problems Occur (Alert #1): Easy over Difficult
Posted on20 May 2013
Tagsbudgets, decision-making process, decisions, email, honesty, listen, problem solving, process, relationships, rules, training, Why Problems Occur Series
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When problems occur or when trying to anticipate them in problem solving, I look for seven alerts. While no single one automatically... Read More
Change Management Strategy #4: Change Jobs, Reduce Tenure
Posted on11 Apr 2013
Tagsadaptability, change management, coaching, decisions, executive, experience, Harvard Business Review, incentives, Job, knowledge, management, perspective, resistance to change, risk, strategy, Change Management Strategy Series, Xueming Luo, Vamsi Kanuri, Michelle Andrews, tenure
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As we acquire knowledge and experience, we tend to become wedded to the status quo. Tenure compounds this effect as Xueming Luo,... Read More
Beauty as Power (Pt 7): Lessons from Men’s Movements
Posted on07 Mar 2013
TagsUniversity of Liverpool, Craig Roberts, attractiveness, awareness, competence, compliments, confidence, decisions, Influence, Performance, subliminity, team building, The Economist
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How we feel about ourselves influences our decisions, but it also influences how others feel about us. One of the more interesting... Read More
Emotions and Intuition as Foundation of All Decisions
Posted on25 Feb 2013
Tagsbrain, decision-making process, decisions, emotional intelligence, emotions, empathy, Harvard Business Review, intuition, logic, motivation, rationale, reason, research methodologies, strategy, technology, The Economist, Foundation & Frame Analogy, Roderick Gilkey, Ricardo Caceda, Clinton Kilts
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One of the more contrarian perspectives that has helped me appreciate people’s decisions is that emotions and its interpretive big sister, intuition,... Read More
Creative Innovation (Pt 15): Prototypes as Obstacles
“Once he gets an idea in his head, there’s no changing it!” As common as this comment is, it’s true for us... Read More
Egocentric, Reserved People (ERP’s)
Posted on21 Jan 2013
Tagspassive-aggressive behavior, over thinking, Delphine Szwarg, Twitter, Thoughts, self-interest, process, Personality, introvert, introspection, feelings, ego, decisions, decision-making process
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Delphine Szwarc asked the following of me on twitter: Can one be egocentric and reserved at the same time? More specifically, she... Read More
Memorable Pictures: Unconscious Attractions
Allison Bond’s article, “Haunting Scenes” (Scientific American Mind, November/December 2011 edition), discusses the research of Phillip Isola (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) as... Read More
Clausewitz’s Friction: Difference between Plans and Reality
Posted on15 Nov 2012
Tagsdecisions, phone, friction, On War, Clausewitz, uncertainty, planning, people, management by walking around, Management by objective, management, information, Influence, follow up, employees, change management, business planning
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Carl von Clausewitz’s book, On War, greatly influenced my business ideas especially his short chapter on “Friction in War.” Essentially, there is... Read More
